Word: summer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Howells, the novelist, and Prof. Norton are out in a card appealing for aid in rebuilding the American monastery of San Lazzaro in Venice, which was destroyed by fire last summer...
...escape with some precipitation. We may venture to mention here a piece of history for the benefit of future historians of Harvard College. In the spring of 1858, it was proposed to abolish the barbarous custom of having morning prayers at six o'clock in the spring and summer. Mr. Sophocles had already given his vote for the change, but before the result could be announced by the president, the not infrequent excitement of a small bonfire on the steps of University Hall interrupted the proceedings of the faculty. After the bonfire he changed his vote, and six o'clock...
...Rueter, '84, J. H. B. Easton, 83, E. F. Woods, '85, and E. G. K. Noyes, '85, have put their names down as candidates for the American lacrosse team proposed to be sent to England next summer...
Prof. Charles Eliot Norton and W. D. Howells make a joint appeal in behalf of the Armenian monastery of San Lazzaro at Venice, burned to the ground last summer. It was devoted exclusively to the education of young Armenians and the spread of Armenian literature...
...colleges in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, its prestige keeps it at the head. In 1861, its 700 students went almost in a body to the field. during the war a handful of professors maintained the outward show of instruction, joining the army in some instances for the summer vacation. The spacious buildings were a hospital for the Confederate soldiers, kept choked by the costly battles fought near by. When the war was done, the wearied people turned slowly to the thought of education, and the university regained its lost place slowly. Last year, esteemed a comparatively prosperous...